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Progress in Saline‐Water Conversion Task Group Report
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1961.tb00748.x
Subject(s) - brackish water , demineralization , task (project management) , desalination , saline water , electrodialysis , task group , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , chemistry , engineering management , systems engineering , salinity , membrane , materials science , ecology , biology , enamel paint , composite material , biochemistry
This report discusses the principles, economics, and future applicability of some of the desalinization or demineralization processes currently being used or investigated, including distillation, electrodialysis, freezing, and solar energy. The present status of demonstration plants and the need for further installations of this nature are discussed. The task group emphasizes that on one hand, the premium that communities are willing to pay for good stored water transmitted over long distances will gradually diminish as familiarity with the use of demineralized brackish water becomes more general. On the other hand, the task group warns that saline‐water conversion is not the only answer to all hopes for adequate water supplies in the future.